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Grand Tower city is a Census city of 502 people across 1.25 square miles of land, in Jackson County. Median household income is $46,875, 58.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Grand Tower
What Grand Tower is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.25 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land402 plus or minus 136
- County holding the largest share of its areaJackson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grand Tower
How many people live in Grand Tower
- Population502 plus or minus 170
- Median age23.9 plus or minus 4.9
- Population under 18159 plus or minus 64
- Share under 1831.7 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Population 65 and over55 plus or minus 25
- Share 65 and over11.0 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Households179 plus or minus 54
- Family households129 plus or minus 47
- Share of households that are families72.1 percent plus or minus 14.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grand Tower
Income and work in Grand Tower
- Median household income$46,875 plus or minus $22,410
- Per capita income$20,303 plus or minus $5,333
- Civilian labor force196 plus or minus 85
- Employed182 plus or minus 82
- Unemployed14 plus or minus 16
- Unemployment rate7.1 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Adults 25 and over238 plus or minus 73
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.3 percent plus or minus 37.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher2.1 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grand Tower
Housing in Grand Tower
- Housing units218 plus or minus 64
- Occupied units179 plus or minus 54
- Vacant units39 plus or minus 25
- Vacancy rate17.9 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Owner occupied104 plus or minus 37
- Renter occupied75 plus or minus 39
- Ownership rate58.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$39,000 plus or minus $13,391
- Median gross rent, monthly$682
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.5 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Single family units140 plus or minus 48
- Share single family64.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more18 plus or minus 23
- Share in buildings of two or more8.3 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Mobile homes60 plus or minus 33
- Median year structure built1959
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grand Tower
How Grand Tower gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute168 plus or minus 78
- Commuting under 15 minutes28 plus or minus 26
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.7 percent plus or minus 13.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more86 plus or minus 40
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more51.2 percent
- Drove alone88.6 percent
- Carpooled6.8 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.5 percent plus or minus 6.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grand Tower
Flood programme status in Grand Tower
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating0
- NFIP community number170300
- Currently effective map date05/02/08
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Jackson County, not Grand Tower
Jackson County context, not Grand Tower figures
These are Jackson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Grand Tower measurements.
- Establishments in Jackson County1,196
- Employment at those establishments, Jackson County16,485
- Covered employment, Jackson County25,266
- Average annual pay, Jackson County$56,398
- Average weekly wage, Jackson County$1,085
- Housing units permitted, Jackson County4
- Of those, single family, Jackson County4
- County product, 2024, Jackson County$3,297,425,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jackson County2.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jackson County$40,412
Every figure in this section is published for Jackson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Grand Tower. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Grand Tower questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Grand Tower, Illinois?
502, in 179 households. Grand Tower city covers 1.25 square miles of land, which is 402 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Grand Tower in?
Jackson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Grand Tower?
$46,875. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $39,000. Median gross rent is $682 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Grand Tower in the National Flood Insurance Program?
It is listed but not shown as participating. Grand Tower appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170300, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Grand Tower figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jackson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Grand Tower.
Is zoning published for Grand Tower?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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